ΚΑΤΑΡΧ, καταρχ
KATARCH, katarch
Sounds Like: kah-TAR-kh
Translations: to begin, to make a beginning, to rule over, to preside over, to be chief, to be first, to lead, to offer first-fruits, to sacrifice
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the stem of a Koine Greek verb, meaning 'to begin' or 'to rule over'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (KATA), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ΑΡΧΩ (ARCHO), meaning 'to begin' or 'to rule'. Depending on the context, it can refer to initiating an action or exercising authority over something or someone. It can also refer to offering first-fruits or making a sacrifice.
Inflection: Verb stem, present active indicative, infinitive, or participle stem. It inflects for tense, voice, mood, person, and number.
Strong’s number: G2757 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΙ — to begin, to make a beginning, to initiate, to offer first fruits, to sacrifice
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of having begun, of having made a beginning, of having initiated
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΝΤΑ — having begun, having started, having initiated, having offered firstfruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΝΤΕΣ — beginning, having begun, those who began, those who offered first-fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΕ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer firstfruits, to be the first, to rule, to reign
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΕΙ — he will begin, he will make a beginning, he will offer first-fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΩ — I will begin, I will make a beginning, I will offer first fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΑΣ — you began, you initiated, you offered first-fruits, you consecrated
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΕ — rule over, be master over, begin, make a beginning, offer first-fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΕΙ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer firstfruits, to be the first, to take the lead, to rule over
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΕΙΝ — to begin, to make a beginning, to initiate, to offer first fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΕΙΣ — to begin, to make a beginning, to be a leader, to be a chief, to rule over, to be first, to offer first-fruits, to sacrifice
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer first fruits, to initiate
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΙΝΤΟ — they might begin, they might make a beginning, they might offer first-fruits
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΝΤΕΣ — beginning, initiating, presiding over, those who begin, those who initiate, those who preside over
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΩ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer first-fruits, to be the first to do
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΩΝ — beginning, initiating, leading, ruling, presiding over
- ΚΑΤΗΡΞΑΝ — they began, they commenced, they initiated, they offered, they sacrificed
- ΚΑΤΗΡΞΑΝΤΟ — they began, they initiated, they started
- ΚΑΤΗΡΞΑΤΟ — began, started, commenced, initiated
- ΚΑΤΗΡΞΕΝ — he began, she began, it began, he initiated, she initiated, it initiated, he made a beginning, she made a beginning, it made a beginning
- ΚΑΤΗΡΧΕΤΟ — was beginning, was being begun, was laying the foundation, was initiating
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΡΧΕΙΝ — to begin, to make a beginning, to take the initiative, to be the first to do something
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